Hard Core Tri Corps (Team 8) Thread (Page 7)

damn, I think the computer lost my post.  I need to visit Beth's team thread cause I need some hot leg inspiration

did 35 pushups in a minute today--but the last 5-10 were pretty shallow so I don't know if they should really count

 held a prone plank for a full minute and the straight side ones for 30 or 45 seconds (not sure cause I wasn't writing it down, I need to write it to remember it) the side lying bent leg planks were around 30 seconds

damn, I think the computer lost my post.  I need to visit Beth's team thread cause I need some hot leg inspiration

held a prone plank for a full minute and the straight side ones for 30 or 45 seconds (not sure cause I wasn't writing it down, I need to write it to remember it) the side lying bent leg planks were around 30 seconds

Ok, as General Bunny, I'm throwing out a challenge to the platoon. Quite often, people tend to be very critical of themselves, so we're going to turn that around and focus on the positive instead. Tell us a physical characteristic about yourself that you DO like. 

OK, as Sergeant Doberman, I'm here to back up Bunny's challenge! Thank you Bunny, Greg, and Judi for playing!

Terri, Beth, Dee ... CHECK IN ON YOUR BODY HOTNESS! [Everyone else, too, but they dared to post without saying something really good about their bodies].

As for me ... don't laugh ... I have beautiful, rock-hard, bulging anterior tibialis muscles. (Wow, I think I just turned myself on writing that, LOL). I'll post pics. Seriously, I've had such nasty tibial stress fractures that I've worked really hard on making sure my lower leg musculature is in good order, and especially on not overtraining and losing weight.

Edit: I just realized even in the fuzzy stolen avatar pic, you CAN actually see the tibialis anterior bulging out and stretching all the way down the front of my lower leg, and the calf muscle sticking out behind! Nice!

hmm, I've been doing them pretty wide, like several inches from the shoulder. Have to try them both ways to get more benefit out of them I guess

Dee you got it in one... wider and at chest level is the chest close grip push ups are more targetted at your triceps...

one thing women tend to do is put there arms to high in relation to their body when doing push ups which also works their shoulder more in the wide grip stance... so mak sure your arms are closer to boob height than your shoulders  

OK, as Sergeant Doberman, I'm here to back up Bunny's challenge! Thank you Bunny, Greg, and Judi for playing!

Terri, Beth, Dee ... CHECK IN ON YOUR BODY HOTNESS! [Everyone else, too, but they dared to post without saying something really good about their bodies].

As for me ... don't laugh ... I have beautiful, rock-hard, bulging anterior tibialis muscles. (Wow, I think I just turned myself on writing that, LOL). I'll post pics. Seriously, I've had such nasty tibial stress fractures that I've worked really hard on making sure my lower leg musculature is in good order, and especially on not overtraining and losing weight.

Edit: I just realized even in the fuzzy stolen avatar pic, you CAN actually see the tibialis anterior bulging out and stretching all the way down the front of my lower leg, and the calf muscle sticking out behind! Nice!

OK, as Sergeant Doberman, I'm here to back up Bunny's challenge! Thank you Bunny, Greg, and Judi for playing!

Terri, Beth, Dee ... CHECK IN ON YOUR BODY HOTNESS! [Everyone else, too, but they dared to post without saying something really good about their bodies].

As for me ... don't laugh ... I have beautiful, rock-hard, bulging anterior tibialis muscles. (Wow, I think I just turned myself on writing that, LOL). I'll post pics. Seriously, I've had such nasty tibial stress fractures that I've worked really hard on making sure my lower leg musculature is in good order, and especially on not overtraining and losing weight.

Edit: I just realized even in the fuzzy stolen avatar pic, you CAN actually see the tibialis anterior bulging out and stretching all the way down the front of my lower leg, and the calf muscle sticking out behind! Nice!

Dee you got it in one... wider and at chest level is the chest close grip push ups are more targetted at your triceps...

one thing women tend to do is put there arms to high in relation to their body when doing push ups which also works their shoulder more in the wide grip stance... so mak sure your arms are closer to boob height than your shoulders

keep on doing those pushups Dee - you know we're going to give each other a run for our money in the swim challenge!

D001 - 2007-11-05 8:42 AM

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D001 - 2007-11-04 12:37 PM

zipp1 - 2007-11-04 1:11 PM did 35 pushups in a minute today--but the last 5-10 were pretty shallow so I don't know if they should really count

held a prone plank for a full minute and the straight side ones for 30 or 45 seconds (not sure cause I wasn't writing it down, I need to write it to remember it) the side lying bent leg planks were around 30 seconds

How wide do you have your arms on the push ups? I'm doing pushups to help strengthen my shoulder. (So I can beat Beth in the swim challenge next month.) Putting my hands closer together seems to work the triceps more. Holding them farther apart seems to work the chest more, but I worry about putting too much stress on my elbows. Of course, I could also just center my hands shoulder-width apart. So I was wondering how you're doing them. Thanks! Dee

hmm, I've been doing them pretty wide, like several inches from the shoulder. Have to try them both ways to get more benefit out of them I guess

Dee you got it in one... wider and at chest level is the chest close grip push ups are more targetted at your triceps...

one thing women tend to do is put there arms to high in relation to their body when doing push ups which also works their shoulder more in the wide grip stance... so mak sure your arms are closer to boob height than your shoulders

But I'm doing them for the shoulders. I started doing these because Rene said she'd messed up her shoulder after a Swim Challenge, and foud that push ups helped. So I tried it. Sure enough, the shoulder seems to be better. So maybe a bit wider and a bit higher than the shoulders would work for me....? I only experimented with the width. Hadn't thought to change the height.... Thanks!

Aaah that will be a muscle imbalance issue? Im thinking maybe some muscles are stronger than the other so maybe strengthening the chest and the back will assist with the shoulders....

You might benefit from an all round upper bodyworkout???